“Experience is huge, I think,” says 2010 Games champion Holmberg as he does mobility work. “I mean you can see some guys that are just kinda like, ‘Oh, the schedule’s changing,’ and this and that, but it’s like, ‘It’s just the Games, man.’”

At the end of the day, we find Spealler rowing alongside Chan for active recovery.

“The pressure right now, I don’t feel it this year,” says Chan, who has competed in every edition of the Games since 2008. “I feel like I just need to come and execute more than anything. I’ve done a better job at training myself this year than I have in the past.”

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